1⁄12 écu de Béarn à la mèche longue, buste hybride - Louis XIV

Reverse

Crowned shield of France half-cut of Navarre-Béarn.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SIT. NOMEN. DOMINI. BENEDICTVM. 1675.

Engraver: Jean Warin

Edge

Plain

Comment

The arrival in Pau of coins from Bayonne made it possible to strike half-ecus and quarter-ecus. For the 1/12th, in the absence of effigy punches, the long wick portrait (see link below) was retouched and aged.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

La venue à Pau de coins en provenance de Bayonne permit de frapper des demi-écus et des quart-écus. Pour le 1/12e, faute de poinçons d'effigie, on retoucha le portrait mèche longue (voir lien ci-dessous) en le vieillissant.

Interesting fact

One interesting fact about the 1⁄12 écu de Béarn à la mèche longue, buste hybride - Louis XIV 1675-1679 coin from France is that it features a unique blend of two different portrait styles. The obverse (front) side of the coin bears a portrait of King Louis XIV in a more traditional style, while the reverse (back) side features a portrait of the king in a more modern, hybrid style, which was a departure from the traditional coinage designs of the time. This blend of styles has made the coin a popular collector's item among numismatists.

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